News First Japanese overseas campus to open in Malaysia

[thomas]

The University of Tsukuba makes history by becoming the first Japanese university to establish an overseas branch granting degrees. This new campus will open in Kuala Lumpur in September and will be known as the "School of Transdisciplinary Science and Design." Its mission is to "equip students from Malaysia and neighbouring countries with the skills to address global challenges impacting Southeast Asian nations."

Student admissions to the new department will be capped at 40, with the university planning to dispatch around 40 faculty members for the classes, which will be offered in both English and Japanese, according to the university, based in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. The new department will offer courses including statistics and environmental studies, as well as those from the humanities and social sciences, with Japanese language classes a required subject, the university said. Graduates of the four-year curriculum will receive a Bachelor of Arts and Science.

University of Tsukuba to open 1st Japan college campus abroad in Malaysia

The University of Tsukuba is set to open a campus in Kuala Lumpur offering interdisciplinary courses in September, making it the first Japanese university to establish an overseas branch granting degrees.

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[mdchachi]

Tsukuba has been international oriented for a long time. Some of my gaijin friends in the 1990s were post-grad researchers there.